A new paper claims that the die-off of indigenous Americans in the sixteenth century after colonization caused the Little Ice Age.
I’m skeptical.
[Update a while later]
A response to a query to Judith Curry.
Just spotted this. Its an interesting hypothesis, but a global impact seems a bit far fetched
— Judith Curry (@curryja) January 31, 2019
They may be able to dig wells. I wonder how much purification it will require, given the permanganchlorates. Also, the well will have to have a heater to melt the ice, I suspect.
[For some reason I always write “permanganates” when I mean perchlorates]
The last meals of historical human-sacrifice and murder victims.
I’ve posted about this topic before, but they’re not “getting too loud.” They’ve always been too loud. They’re just getting worse.
CEI pushes back on Chuck Todd’s fantasy that it is over.
I’m skeptical that these researchers have found a total cure (for one thing, it’s too many different things), but it would nice if it were true. I suspect that this is just a fundraising announcement, though.
When are they useful?
Note that despite the phrase “climate-influenced natural disasters,” this article at SciAm doesn’t actually provide any evidence of it.
Caused by gum disease? This is huge, if true. A vaccine against both gum disease and Alzheimer’s would be an amazing health breakthrough.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Oh, well…
.@newscientist: This headline is irresponsible. The study was performed mostly in mice, and the evidence in humans is indirect and flimsy. https://t.co/B2GmKAgSmt
— Nsikan Akpan (@MoNscience) January 25, 2019
Does it have a future? Maybe, but it’s a tough roe to how for now.